Education

Biography

Nils Ringe is Professor of Political Science, Jean Monnet Chair, and Director of the Center for European Studies. His research and teaching interests are European Union politics (in particular the institutions of the EU), legislatures, political parties, social networks, and elections. He published "Bridging the Information Gap: Legislative Member Organizations as Social Networks in the United States and the European Union" (University of Michigan Press; click here for details) with Jennifer N. Victor (George Mason University), a book that examines voluntary, issue-based, cross-partisan groups of legislators (such as caucuses in the U.S. Congress and intergroups in the European Parliament) in a comparative perspective. His previous book, "Who Decides, and How? Preferences, Uncertainty, and Policy Choice in the European Parliament," was published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Ringe is currently working on a book on multilingualism in the institutions of the EU, tentatively titled "The Language(s) of Politics: Multilingual Policy-Making in the European Union," as well as various papers on social networks in legislative politics.

Education

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2006

M.A. in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2003

B.A. in Political Science and History, Brandeis University, 2001

Publications

Frank M. Hage and NIls Ringe. Rapporteur-shadow rapporteur networks in the European Parliament: The strength of small numbers. European Journal of Political Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12277

Steven Wilson, Nils Ringe, Jack Van Thomme “Policy Leadership and Reelection in the European Parliament,” Journal of European Public Policy 23(8), 1158-1179; included in (peer-reviewed) special issue featuring the best papers presented at the 2015 European Union Studies Association’s Biennial Conference.